Myllocerus angulatipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Myllocerus
Species:
M. angulatipes
Binomial name
Myllocerus angulatipes
Marshall, 1916

Myllocerus angulatipes, is a species of weevil found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

This species has a body length is about 4 to 5 mm. Body piceous, where the dorsum with brown scales, variegated with darker patches on the elytra. In the head, there is a broad lateral green stripe found below the eye. This stripe then continued along the thorax and elytra. Scutellum with dense pale green scales. The pale lateral markings are sometimes greyish or coppery. Head with fine striolation. Eyes lateral and convex. Rostrum broad in male and slightly shorter in female. Antennae testaceous brown. Scape covered with sparse minute pale scales and curved black setae. Prothorax transverse, with rounded sides. Elytra subtruncate at the base. Elytral setae short, black, scaly and recumbent. Legs testaceous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "New Delhi 110 012, India" (PDF). Oriental Insects, 1988. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  2. ↑ "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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